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Califon borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Califon borough is a Census borough of 930 people across 0.96 square miles of land, in Hunterdon County. Median household income is $128,194, 84.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
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Califon
What Califon is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.96 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land970
- County holding the largest share of its areaHunterdon County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Califon
- Population930
- Median age45.9
- Population under 18143 plus or minus 41
- Share under 1815.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Population 65 and over173 plus or minus 40
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households395
- Family households224 plus or minus 46
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Califon
Income and work in Califon
- Median household income$128,194
- Per capita income$64,233
- Civilian labor force590 plus or minus 120
- Employed569 plus or minus 119
- Unemployed21 plus or minus 17
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over702
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.0 percent plus or minus 23.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher57.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Califon
- Housing units395
- Occupied units395
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied333
- Renter occupied62 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate84.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$431,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,781
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units362
- Share single family91.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more33 plus or minus 30
- Share in buildings of two or more8.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1951
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Califon
How Califon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute441 plus or minus 93
- Commuting under 15 minutes97 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.0 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more235 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.3 percent
- Drove alone74.0 percent
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home19.7 percent plus or minus 7.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Califon borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$2,063,000
- Average approval$229,222
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$792,000
- Largest approval$792,000
- Jobs supported27
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.2 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Califon borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,593,000
- Average approval$1,593,000
- Median approval$1,593,000
- Largest approval$1,593,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hunterdon County, not Califon
Hunterdon County context, not Califon figures
These are Hunterdon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Califon measurements.
- Establishments in Hunterdon County3,672
- Employment at those establishments, Hunterdon County45,700
- Covered employment, Hunterdon County46,663
- Average annual pay, Hunterdon County$75,099
- Average weekly wage, Hunterdon County$1,444
- Housing units permitted, Hunterdon County336
- Of those, single family, Hunterdon County149
- County product, 2024, Hunterdon County$9,867,058,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hunterdon County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hunterdon County$122,736
Every figure in this section is published for Hunterdon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Califon. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Califon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Califon, New Jersey?
930, in 395 households. Califon borough covers 0.96 square miles of land, which is 970 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Califon in?
Hunterdon County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Califon?
$128,194. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $431,600. Median gross rent is $1,781 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Califon businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Califon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Califon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Califon. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Califon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hunterdon County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Califon.
Is zoning published for Califon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.